Busy with Dr Appointments

So, Nona has gone home!  She was here for the last three weeks and truly got me back on my feet. Thank you Nona! 

These next couple of weeks which I am still off from work with Doctors orders to take it easy 

to fully recuperate from the surgery, because I cannot start treatment until I am fully healed. 

I also have many Doctors appointments this next 2 weeks yesterday I went to a PET/CT scan

which is a Nuclear Medicine Imaging where they inject you with a Radioactive Material  which 

goes through your veins and concentrates in areas where there might be cancerous cells.  The

Radioactive material creates a cluster and highlights the area to ensure that when we do the

Radiation that the Doctors concentrate on the right areas.  We are hoping that it is only in the

area of the cervix, but this will let us know if it has spread through the lymph nodes through 

anywhere else, to ensure we get rid of ALL existing cancer cells in my body.

So, Thursday I am going to talk to the Radiologist (Dr. Hetelekitis) to define if Cancer is gone,

if it is only in the cervix area or if it is spreading through other parts of my body.  Pretty scary!!

However, I am encouraged and confident it will be good timing and that we will be radiating

my pelvis to ensure it doesn't spread and to fumigate this cancer out of my body.

I also have Doctor's appointments which will prepare me for my daily Radiation Therapy and 

the Chemo Therapy, getting boys flu shots and my flu shots, health check for them and I to make

sure that there are no germs and colds in the house while I am under Therapy, because my blood cell count will be so low it won't be able to fight to many things at the time and I want my

blood cells to concentrate on fighting my cancer cells.

I start my Therapies on the 14th of November, as long as I am fully recovered from my Hysterectomy Surgery, otherwise it will be delayed a couple of weeks.  The Therapy will be 

6 to 8 weeks, depending on the results of yesterday's CT Scan.  If it is not spread and it is

localized, it will be a lighter local treatment.  If it spread it will be a more wide spread aggressive

treatment.

Funny thing, I did not know that when you are injected with this radiation solution you cannot 

get close to kids or pregnant women, because you are so full of radio active material that you

can cause cancer on them.  CRAZY!!! So, I had to keep my distance from people for 6 hours 

and I will need to carry a note when I fly because when I pass the scan at the airport I will trigger 

machines that flag for radioactive material.

So, I start treatment on the 14th, which means that this social bug will be back at work but will

have to stay AWAY from everyone!!!  Reason as I said, my immune system will be very weak 

and I will have a high risk of getting sick.  So, it is so sad that this is happening during my 

favorite time of the year Christmas, when we socialize the most!  Please know that I love you all

and that I wish I could share lots of happy moments to come in the next couple of months.  

However, a moment of happiness with friends, might mean sleepless nights of misery for me

and worried moments for the family!  So please, do not take it personal, I am just caring for 

myself so that I can hopefully start the new year Cancer Free!!!!  and then I will be back to 

hugging and loving everyone!!!!!!!!!   ;0)

So for now, I will continue on this roller coaster, although I am taking only ONE day at a time

so that I am not over whelmed with the situation, I am hopeful for localized cancer cells or 

none left in my body to get a light treatment and be able to enjoy a bit of the next couple of 

months.  I am told treatments make you tired, I can loose my hair, a tube with a tip will 

be inserted in my body so that I will not have to be pocked and bruised on veins, I might

have nausea and I will be highly susceptible to catching colds, the flu and such.....!!!??

So, we shall wait and see, and this again is why I can only think 1 day at a time!!!

Talk to you soon!!!  and thank you all for your love and support!!!